Evening Star Newspaper, February 1, 1930, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau, Forecast.) Cloudy tonight and tomorrow: rising temperature; minimum temperature to- night about 26 degrees. ‘Temperatures—Highest, 38, at 4:15 p.m. yesterday: lowest. 17. at 7 a.m. to- day. Full report on page 7. The only eveni ‘ : in Washington with (he B | Associated Press news service. ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION pening Star. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 13,14&15 Yesterday’s Circulation, 113,940 No. 31,322. & ohmee Entered as second class matte Washington. D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1930 —-TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. *##* (P) Means Associated Pre: TWO CENTS: FIGURE PROPOSALS EXPECTED SOON AS PARLEY CONTINUES Period Near End for Dele- gates to Negotiate in Gen- eral Naval Terms. CONFERENCE IS HALTED FOR WEEK END VACATION | Agreement on Ratios Between Nations May Not Come for Some Time Yet. BY BYRON PRICE, Associated Press Staff Writer. LONDON, February 1.—After two weeks of cautious exploration through a thicket of generalities, the Five-power | Naval Conference stood today in the | presence of its first challenge of con-] crete reality. ‘The time has come, those intimately | asscziated with the parley held, when | some one soon must begin to talk in figures. What Col. Henry L. Stimson, American delegation head, has called *clearing away the underbrush™ is about complete. The delegations have about talked themselves cut in lofty phrase and idealistic appeal, these observers com- mented, and now the ax is to be laid | in earnest to cutting away and limiting the growth of sea armaments. "It is true the conference is not yet | ready to hear proposals as to how many ships can be scrapped or as to how many must be built. Probably none but the principal delegates were con- cerning themselves at all with such ad- statistics as they tock a week end of respite today and left confer- ence activities virtually at a standstill.. Expect Figures Soon. They may not even reach for some time the question of algebraic ratios as between greater and lesser navies. But they understand fully that they cannot much longer delay coming down to cases on some of the more remote but no less mathematical calculations in- volved inevitably in their labors. Some one or more concrete proposals Thay emerge into light when the con- sif committee of the ‘They Teal ‘moment the problem of the conference is agreement on the physical methods of limiting war fleets. it s considering favorably a compro- mise plan offered by France providing a certain (as yet unstated) total ton- nage to be allowed to each nation, with each of these natienal allotments to be divided into, tentatively, so many tons for bltfluhi‘g, 50 many for cruis- ers and so so ough all classes of ships. This allotment, however, would not be binding for it is proposed to permit each nation to transfer certain (as yet unstated), percentages of the total ton- nags of one class to the tonnage of enother. Not Regarded Lightly. ‘Thus it is that the first actual nu- merical decision of the conference must be made on a point which the layman might regard as rather far removed from the vast international issues of the negotiations at Lonodn—what per- centage of transfer will be permitted in this general and as yet nebulous scheme of limitation. The statesmen gathered here do not regard this decision lightlr nor do they expect to agree among themselves about it without long and setious debate. So far no one has mentioned audibly how large he thinks the percentage should be. It has been whispered here and there about St. James' Palace that 10 per cent might be favored by some and 16 per cent by others. On apparently | good authority it was said today the| COLD KILLS WOMAN 75 FEET FROM FlRE} Farmer Injured by Fall Unable to| Rescue Wife, Who Fell Trying | to Aid Him. By the Associated Press. HOLLAND, Mich., February 1.— Death came last night to Mrs. Ethel | 1);mmer, 50, wife of a farmer living near ere. The woman froze to death within 75 feet of the fire which was blazing in | her home, while her husband remained | by her side, unable to save her. The husband, Nicholas Mulder, 68, | had gone early in the evening to the mail box, which is 75 feet from the | house, down a steep grade. He fell | and called for help. Mrs. Mulder went | to him and fell by his side. Neither was able to move. Eventually Mulder managed to crawl to the house. There was no telephone. He went back to his wife with blankets. Hours later a board- | over 1928 to |1 | American plan. | reaction was frankly favorable, but the |AMERICA TAKES Business Is Tripled age Totaling | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 1.—American aviation carved a new niche for itself in 1929 air transport operations by flying 197,546,590 miles. The Aeronautical Chamber of Com- merce announced this figure ‘oday in a copyrighted report, and it ‘“estab- lished the United States as the ieader in world air transport operations™ Civilian and commercial fiying was more than three times as great as military and governmental activities, planes in the former class covering 149,579,451 miles, as compared with 47,967,139 for the latter. Mail Volume Doubled. Major air transport lines cperating on regular schedules flew passengers, mail and express more than 90,000 miles | every 24 hours. Mail volume doubled 7.096,930 pounds, while passenger business tripled, with 165,263 | persons riding the air lines The average passenger rate per mile on established lines was 10 5 cents dur- ing the year, & figure sinc> cut to 7.8 cents by radical reductions on most | ines. IN AIR OPERATIONS IN 1929 Mail Volume Is Doubled, While Passenger WORLD LEAD . Over 1928, Mile- 197.546.590. Estimates based on typical operators and computed to include 800 aerial service operators in the country indi- cated that their planes flew 104,336,560 miles and carried 2,995,530 passengers. Private flying increased from 12,000,000 miles in 1928 to 25,000,000 miles. ‘While the number of air transport operators in scheduled service dropped from 32 to 27 through consolidations, the number of planes in service jymped from 294 to 619. Extensive Night Flying. The tremendous increase in mail fly- ing without corresponding extension of airways was attributed to added night flying, one line flying more mileage at night than the total mileage of all scheduled night operations in Europe. “Scheduled transport lines,” the re- port said, “were flying one-third of their 90,000 miles every 24 hours between dusk and dawn on lighted airways, providing night service unparalleled in the world.” Twenty-seven transport lines employed eight men on the ground for every pilot in the air. The phenomenal expansion of lines was attributed in the report to in- creased public support, resulting in strong financial set-ups and a transition {rnlm corporation effort to group con- rol. e NAVAL AGREEMENT SEEN AS GERTAINTY Conference Described as Making Excellent Progress First Two Weeks. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Radio to The Star and Chicago Dally News. Copyright, 1930. LONDON, England, February 1.—The London Naval Conference, at the end of the second week, may be describec as making excellent progress. Its ap- parent slowness is due wholly to the fact that the real work is being donc in private conversations, regarding ‘which the delegates have taken a pledge of strict secrecy. ‘The conference presents two distinct aspects, one open, the other secret. In the open the discussion centers around such technical questions as global ton- nage, elm and transfers. These have & importance, because the decisions reached on them are destined to facilitate the ultimate task of pre- paring for a general disarmament con* ference, including land and air forces, and bringing other smaller powers into the London agreement. For that a five-power agreement will actually be reached here seems now a foregone conclusion. But in private the actual figures are being carefully collated and compared, possible readjustments and reductions considered and the American plan for basing - the London agreement on & five-year replacement or building pro- gram is being discussed. This plan, while still somewhat nebulous and still entirely unofficial, has become in & sense | the foundation of the conference. Only Italy. fails to see its advantages, and there is reason to believe that Italy also will presently be convinced that it is| the best solution. Britain Keeps Secret. ‘The plan l].}r:ren!ly originated in Washington ' following agreement be- tween President Hoover and Prime Min- ister Macdonald at the Rapidan camp. It seems to have been communicated vately to the British, who seem to ive been favorably disposed, but who thought that it would be premature to | disclose it fully until the London Con- | ference was well under way or possibly | evghdelg:cked. oo d en Japanese delegates pass through Washington they Jm were ap- prised of the plan, and except that they would have preferred a ten-year rather than a five-year agreement, they offered no objections. This seems to be the true explanation of Secretary of State Stim- son’s bulletin at the time of the Ja- panese visit that they and we were “in full agreement.” It also explains Presi- dent Hoover’s confidence some weeks ago that an agreement would be reach- | ed here—if not a five-power then a| three-power agreement, for Great Britain, the United States and Javan were already agreed in {:rlncl le in ad- vance on the eventual basis of the It remained to sound out the French and Italians. This was done here after the Conferenced opened. The French | | | | Italian much less so. | Unfortunately, Italy seems to have imagined that the Anglo-American plan, decided on -in_advance, was to take the maximum tonnage of these two biggest powers as the starting point, then impose the Washington treaty ratios on Jepan, France and Italy, and make reductions or limitations accord- ingly. The Italians decided to cast thelr lot with the British and Americans in what they thought to be the Anglo- American idea. When, some days ago, they discovered er returned. (Continued on Page 2, Column 3. BANDITS SERVE REFRESHMENTS BEFORE ROBBING LAUNDRY FORGCE Good Time Had by All, Though Manager Has to Be Brought From Home to Open Safe. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 1.—Four fel- Jows with pistols entertained last night at an informal robbery. Guests in- cluded the manager of the Edgewater Laundry, the bookkeeper and four drivers. Refreshments were served, and as good a time as could be expected was had by al ‘The robbers found only the book- keeper and the four drivers at the la offices when they arrived. None ©of the employes knew the combination of the safe, and it con all the ce. The bookkeeper, , said the only one combination was the manager, Fred Klein, who had gone home. She said she did not know his address. “Never mind,” said the robber chief. Awe'll Jook it up. You folks just sit “Cown and make yourself comfy while 40 of my boys get Mr. Klein.” Leaving the employes under guard, two of the men went to Klein's home and at the point of a pistol compelled way back to the laundry, one of the employes doubtless were hungry, as it was past dinner time. The car was stopped at a restaurant, where one of the men bought two gallons of coffee and 24 sandwiches, about the safe, Before doing anythi; the b‘ndlum;roducun‘me coffee and | sandwiches and every one ate. After- opened the safe, which yielded $500. “Not much, but it will suffice,” said Give us a fair start. And here” he produced a $10 bill, which he handed to Klein, “this will buy cigars for the men -tnd candy for the . The artet pocketed their tipped | thelr Bata and Believer in ‘Safety First’ Throws Knee Out of Joint in Bed By the Agsociated Press. INDEPENDENCE, Kans., Feb- ruary 1.—J. R. King always ob- serves the rule “safety first," crosses all crossings cautiously and invariably stops, looks and listens at intersections—yet today he’s walking on crutches. King turned over in bed and threw a knee out of joint. [LLINOIS CRIPPLED BY CHICAGO CRISIS Governor May Call Special| Legislature to Prevent Bond Repudiation. | By the Assoclated Préss. ‘CHICAGO; February Y.~Chicago and Cook County, with empty tills, had & new creditor pounding at their doors today—the State of Illinois. ‘When informed at a conference with | taxing officjals that no tax money from | local governments would be forthcoming | until June 1, Gov. Louis L. Emmerson | cited the State's pinched finances and | the need for money to retire bonds now | due and declared: “Before I allow the State to repudiate its bonds Il call a special session of | LCC the Legislature, which will have as fts sole and only purpose the protectign of the State from such a catastrophe.” $10,000,000 Subscribed. In the meantime, $10,000,000 was added to the pledges of the citizens' rescue committee, headed by Silas H. Strawn. The money came from the Building Managers’'_ Association, oper- ating most of the Loop property, and was subscribed to the maintenance of police, health and fire protection and | other essential public services, pending collection of 1928 taxes. The assoclation announced its mem- bers were ready to purchase 1928 tax anticipation warrants to the extent of $10,000,000, to be used in payment of taxes when the reassessment is com- pleted. ‘The money will not be used. how- ever, Strawn sald, until details are worked out with city officials. Chicago received little encouragement from the tax parley called by Gov. Emmerson and attended by himself, State Treasurer Omer Custer, State Auditor Oscar Nelson, members of the State Tax Commission, the County | Board of Review a | Seesots nd Cook County Tax Officials Pledge Aid. Much time was used between Board. of Revien dnlns:r‘:::eh;:l assessors and William H. Malone, chair~ man of the State Tax Commission, over where to place the blame for the present tax situation. They were paci- fled, however, by the governor and the parley adjourned after county tax offi- clals pledged their co-operation to com- g‘l;l': ‘tga l:l.&!essmem. extend the tax ave th = em in the mails by After citing that Cook Cor s | a major portion of the. Stater tom Gov. Emmerson said that “the State 1§ beginning to feel the pinch of poverty.” He cited waterway and soldiers’ bonus bonds now due as two needs for im- g;ld‘zrt:n !un‘dlx,mxfllnd added that the y o ois - ouugh:hrenuned. finances are seri. “Chicago is my friend and I want to do everything to help her in her present t‘;e:gun; zgg’ng said, “but the State aten a i most embarrassing Court Orders Evictions, Fallure of the city and meet, pay rolls and to pa: pemyd': pendent upon the mothers’ pension fund mtl"su';e{d in c?;ll:t orders for the on of four mothers emylnyea. and two public udge John F. Haas explals unavoidable, but that he h&d been able to obtain extensions of time from 5 to 10 days for those evicted. Mrs, Sarah Lindon, a social worker attached to the from welfare association funds main- tained by court employes also have been used, Miss Lindon said. One of the women dependent largely upon the pension fund ‘was Mrs. Anna Blaha, a widow and mother of three She was found by Ward, at the point of & gun, Klein |yesterday in her unheated room walk | been ing the floor with a 7-week-old in her arms. She wore mittens a children, another supports five, and the other has three. An emsbn of the city water depart- ment. and one from the county record- er'’s office were the others facing evic- tion, the court sesords revealed. GHES DRVE PACE NDGATES BUDGET GOALBYTHORSDAY Pledges Yesterday Received From 2,857 Contributors Total $55,472. OFFICIALS ARE COUNTING ON METROPOLITAN UNIT Second Day's Report Leaves $899,- 697 to Be Raised—Percentage Gain Over 1929 Shown. Revised figures for the Community Chest campaign made public today gave rise to confidence that if the percentage of increased giving can be maintained during the rest of the drive, the 1930 budget of $1,786,737.07 would go “over the top” by next Thursday. Chest offi- cials are counting on the Metropolitan Unit to pull the campaign out of a hole. With only. 49.6 per cent of the entire budget raised to date, the Chest officials pojnted to the showing made by the Metropolitan Unit yesterday as _indi- cating the hope for victory in Wash- ington's second year of campaigning for organized charity. Yesterday's pledges of $55,472.68 received from 2,857 contributors by the Metropolitan Unit, it was said, compares most favorably | with the 2,339 pledges amounting to| $44,790 reported by the same unit the | second day last year, or an increase of approximately 25 per cent. | Following the second day's report last | year there remained $800,000 to com- | plete the budget total, and while there $99,697.55 more than that, or $899,- 697.55 to raise in the remaining days | of the present campaign, it was pointed out this morning that the increased percentage of gain made yesterday, if m-il;l:alned, will easily accomplish " this result. Units Out in Full Force. Cheered by this note of optimism, the three combined units of the Chesll turned out in full force today to in- crease by a substantial sum the amount of yesterday's total collections. The revised figures furnished by the auditing committee showed $6,950 raised by the special gifts committee, $1,721.50 by the Group Solicitation Unit, this report being made last night by Chairman Frank R. Jelleff, and $55,- 472.68 by the Metropolitan Unit. These gifts came from a total of 3,102 sub- scribers, which makes a total of 6965 persons and firms contributing to the Chest to date. Intense rivalry is being shown be- tween the various metropolitan divisions as campal rogresses. _Division 8 of Region 2, of which James B. Evans, rs, Charles A. Goldsmith and W. C. son are co-chairmen, won the silk H rfl‘ny yesterday, offered as a reward for making the highest percentage of its quota. Division 8 reported 13 per cent | of its quota for the opening day of the | campaign and led all other divisions | tion Offi yesterday with a total of $12,712.55 for | their day's work. Reports of Chairmen. As checked by the auditing depart- ment, the reports of division chairmen were as follows: Arthur Adelman, Division 1, $1,339; 081; 0: Dion 8. Birney, Division 4-5. $381.5( G. B. Craighill, Division 6, $3,209; F. Birgfeld, Division 7, $4,271.5 . C. Hanson, co-chairman with Mrs. Charles A. Goldsmith and James B. Evans, Di- vislon 8, $1271255: Leon S. Ullman, Division 9-25, $1,258.75; J. Leo Kolb, Division 10-24, $825; John W. Hardell, Division 11, $2,682.80; Chauncey G. Parker, jr., and Coleman Jennings, co- chairmen, Division 12, $9,269. S. H. Kauffmann, Division 13, $3,710 J. Frank Kelly, Division 14, $630; Robert 8. Stunz, Division 15A, $4,626.50; W. M. Schoonmaker, Division 15B, W. N. Freeman, Division 16, Dwight N. Burnham, Division ; F. E. Rogers, Division 18-19, 1292} M. M. McLean, Division 20- 21, $1,997; Dr. Percival Hall, Division 22-23, $243.25; Harry N. Stull, Division 26, $509; Mrs. Allan Davis, Division 27, 2.53; G. M. Yeatman, Division 28, Frank E. James, Division 29, Region 5 which embraces the entire colored population of tig city reported a total of $934.40 for tne day, giving the Metropolitan Unit a total of $55- 472,68, which added to the special gifts and the group solicitation brought the total to $64,144.18. Thorpe Will Be Speaker. Merle Thorpe, editor of Nation’s Business, will be the guest speaker at | today’s report meeting. the_attendance of team " (Continued on Page 3, Column 1) SON OF CASHIER ADMITS ROBBERY Youth Confesses Part in Hold-up of Rocky Hill, Ky, Bank. BOWLING GREEN, Ky., February 1 (#).—Carl C. Spillman, 19, confessed to- day, according to police, that he par- ticipated in the robbery early this morning of the Bank of Rocky Hill, Ky., of which his father is cashier and sole employe. The elder Spillman told police that it is his habit to open the bank at 5 am. as he the only employe. Shortly after he had opened the doors, he sald, a car containing two men drove up, and one of the men got out and cane into the bank. The bandit ordered him to fill a bag he carried with cash and Spillman said he com- plied. Forty minutes after the robbery had been reported, Bowling Green police seized Spillman's son as he attempted him to enter their automobile. On the | court, told reporters the judge had given | to cross a bridge over the Green River money from his own funds to some of | he robbers expressed the opinion that the | the unfortunates and that he had |police, $190 in bills was concealed in appealed to friends to help them. ™unds | th ere in an automobile. Accordi to e car. Police said the automobile bore a license tag reported stolen by J. E. Bohannon of Smiths Grove, Ky. They sald young Spillman admitted taking the license, but said he did so because the car he was driving here belonged to his brother. - He said his brother had in trouble in Bowling Green, and he didn't want the car recognized. ‘The Rocky Hill Bank is navpmxl.m-(ely Oskland, Ky., bank the robber chief. “Well, we’ll be saying | outdoor clothing to keep warm One |10 miles from the toodle-00. Don't call the cops too soon. | of the mothers ordered evicted has four | which was robbed bandits who killed | ney William president of the Smiths their escape. Radio Programs on' Page B-12 5ot BXBANK TELER CVEN NNE YEARS Second Indictment in George- town Embezzling Case Dropped. George Willard Bennett, 25 years old, former teller of the Farmers & Me-| ‘who | chanics Bank of Georgetown, recently pleaded guilty to embezzling $104,000 of the bank funds, was sen- tenced today by Justice Peyton Gordon to serve ning yegrs in the penitentiary. United States Attorney Leo A. Rover dropped another indictment against the young man, which he was charged with making false entries in the books to cover up the defaultation. Bennett had nothing to say when called for sentence but Attorney James Reilly, who was associated with Attor- \ E. Leahy for the defense, asked the court to be as lenfent as possible. Guilt Is Confessed. ‘The prisoner has been in jail since January 24, when he entered the plea of gullty, awaiting a report by Proba- icer Steele. The probation offi- cer, in his report, says that Bennett | claimed to have lost the: money on the stock market, horse races and other forms of gambling, but a careful search has disclosed only stock speculation to- taling $15,000, and that his losses were not near that amount. No Check-up Possible. No check-up could be made on horse- | racing losses, the report declared. Ben- nett had several hundred doliars in his automobile when arrested last July and the opinion was e: d, accord- ing to the report, that had secreted some of the money. This opinion could not be verified, the probation officer declared. SPANISH GOVERNMENT WINS FIRST VICTORY Striking Students Agree to Return to TUniversities on Monday. By the Associated Press. MADRID, February * 1.—The new Spanish government, headed by Gen. Damasco Berenguer, has won its first victory in its policy of pacification of the country, rent by six years of inter- nal strife during the dictatorship of Gen. Primo de Rivera. Announcements published today sald university students of Madrid and other Spanish cities, who have been on a strike for more than a week in protest at policles of the late dictatorship, would return to their classes Monday. Diplomacy of the new minister of public education, the Duke of Alba, who looms increasingly as one of the strong- est men in the new regime, pacified the students and brought to a close their demonstrations, which reached their height with the fall of De Rivera. ‘The Duke of Alba agreed to approve the statutes and regulations of the Spanish Federation of Students, to re- lease various students held prisoners and to allow five prominent professors, who left Madrid because they did not agree with De Rivera, to return to their posts. Three of these were faculty members of Madrid University, whose rector, Elias Tormo, probably will be named minister of public education. Miguel Unamuno, former rector of University of Salamanca, was reported to be returning to Spain from his exile in France as the result of a pardon is- sued him by the Duke of Alba. COL. HERBERT EXPECTED TO ARRIVE NEXT WEEK Friends Report He Will Come in Fighting Mood to Face Accusers. When Col. John F. J. Herbert, pro- hibition administrator for Idaho-Mon- tana will ajrive in Was] to face Il,\ll:wn:tmurl on c::rtu "w ich prohi- n officials say have not been proven, was not known today, but it was ex- pected he might get here sometime early next week. Herbert, who was formerly ad- or this district, with head- o' say. however. ith has the utmosf prohibition officials, w} o ;fll 80 over the whole matter w! Co-Eds Advertise To Break Rivals’ Monopoly of Men By the Associated Press. NEWTON, Kans., February 1.— Dormitory co-eds of Bethel Col- lege are betting that in this mod- ern world where advertising and organization are ev , ad- :em.nn; is the more potent of the wo. Sorority girls have been copping off all the desirable men. Resi- dents of the less exclusive dormi- tories felt the pinch and went into & huddle. e result appeared {Hurdly in the Bethel Collegian in the form of a display adver- tisement inviting college men to call at the “dorm hangout.” By way of added attraction, the ad announced, several new ‘card games have been added to the dormitory reception room equip- ment “and boys are cordially in- vited to come and participate in these games.” REDS N PARADE " DENDUNCE MEXICO | Demonstration Is Staged by Group of Youths in Front of Embassy Here. Carrying banners denouncing the Mexican government, a group of Com- | munists today staged a demonstration | in front of the Mexican embassy on Sixteenth street. | The group, a small one, composed mostly of boys and girls of high school age, paraded peacefully back and forth | in front of the embassy entrance. Ban- ners they carried were inscribed: “Down with the white terror in Mexico” and | “Join the red unio: and others were | directed against “imperialism” and “capitalism.” They marched under the eye of two strators that they could parade as long as they liked if they created no dis- turbance. Meanwhile the embassy had been closed for the day. Ambassador Tellez was absent in Mexico and Campos Ortiz, who was 1n charge, said he had been informed of the demonstration in | advance but saw no reason for keep- ing the embassy open past its usual Saturday closing hour. On January 4 a Communist demon- stration in front of the embassy re- bassador Tellez. | Since that time, however, demonistra- | tions _ directed against Mexico have occurred in other countries and diplo- matic relations with the Soviet have been severed by Mexico, e TIME FOR HOOVER’S TRIP SOUTH UNFIXED President Expected to Begin Tour Some Time Next Autumn. By the Assoclated Press. Plans made some months ago by President Hoover for a trip to Mexico City, Cuba and other islands in the Caribbean have not been changed, but ‘White House 'Odiflx y time still remains to be fixed. It was added that in all probability it was said at the that the during the Summer, but would wailt until Autumn. Mr. Hoover plans to go to Texas via New Orleans and thence into Mexico. Later he will visit, the Caribbesn Islands. ISLIGHT COLD FORCES 'ly the Associated Press. JHANNESBURG, Union of South Africa, February 1 —Illness of the Prince of Wales has forced cancellation of his trip to the diamond mines near | here. He is suffering from a slight cold contracted during a visit to the battle- flelds in this section. It was stated that prince had an ordinary cold, with no temperature, and that his condition was not considered setious. He hoped soon to be able 10 get out for a round of golf. PO Cairo-Cape Town Flight Ends. CAPE TOWN, Union of South Africa, February 1 (#).—] Royal Air gmsl ‘partisipati in annual Cairo ps Town, arrived afi time fi'& ver bad weather over left Cairo 1. | patrolmen, who informed the demon- | sulted in the arrest of 28 persons who | were released at the request of Am-| the Chief Executive would not go South ! WALES TO CANCEL TRIP| MAN SHOT AT HOTEL - REFUSES TO TALK {“PIl Die Before | Tell You Anything About It,”” He Tells Detectives. ‘The sullen silence of a young, well dressed man, who lies wounded in Emergency Hospital, maintained even in the face of threatened charges of a liquor law violation and of carrying concealed weapons, today balked a police inquiry into his shooting last | night in front of the Annapolis Hotel. He told police his name is James E. O'Connor ana tnat he is 28 years old and lives in the 1800 block of Ninth street. Beyond that and the informa- tion that the man who shot him, after the hotel clerk had refused to give them & room for the night, i Leo ‘Cullen, nothing could be gotten from him by continued questioning. “I'll Die Before I Tell.” “I'll die before I tell you anything about it,” he is quoted as saying by Headquarters Detective James Spring- mann, who, with Headquarters tec. tive Michael J. Dowd, is conducting the investigation into the case. Hospital physicians do not consider O'Connor’s condition serious. The bul- let, fired from a 38-caliber revolver, ‘went completely h the upper por- tion of his left leg, causing a consider- able loss of blood. The man’s left hand is seared by the passage of the bullet, and police sup) that he had seized the muzzle of gun just before it was fired. street entrance to the hotel. James Nor- ris, night clerk, told detectives that the two men walked into the place about 1:40 o'clock this morning and asked for a room. While they were registering he observed a gun bulging from O'Connor’s inside coat pocket, and refused to allow them to stay for the remainder of the night. After considerable argument the | men left and Norris telephoned for po- lice. Found O'Connor on Sidewalk. A few minutes later he heard the | sound of & shot and ran to the street, | where he found O'Connor lying on the sidewalk with blood gushing from his wound. Just about that time the first precinct patrol drove up and removed O'Connor to Emegency Hospital, where he was treated by Dr. Leonard McCarthy. According to Springmann and Dowd, an_unloaded .38-caliber revolver and a half pint of alleged liquor were found in the injured man's pockets. The two detectives spent the re- mainder of the night and this morning attempting to find O'Connor’s assailant, “ut without success. TWO WOMEN ATTACKED BY MAN WITH CLUB Chicago Police Told Mysterious As- sailant Was Young and ‘Well Dressed. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, February 1.—Two women were victims of separate attacks by a man’ with a club, who struck them down in a Gold Coast neighborhood late last night. Both were taken to hospitals, but their injuries were not serious. Miss Josephine Belski, 20 years old, was' attacked within a few doors of her North Dearborn street home. The man leaped from the darkness, struck her over the head, and fled. The other victim was Mrs. Lucy Hartman, maid for the family of an architect living on Banks street. . ‘The only description police had of the attacker was that he was young and well dressed. ‘The shooting occurred at the Twelfth | LEHLBACH ATTACKS HOMEBREW IDEA OF - HOUSE COLLEAGUE New Jersey Wet Declares Dry Law Intended to Curb Liquor Drinking. SENATE ALSO TAKES UP MATTER OF PROHIBITION Sheppard and Borah See New Suggestion as Nulli- fication. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The “home brew solution” of the prohibilion enforcement problem, ad- vanced yesterday by Representative Pranklin Fort of New Jersey, held the limelight in the House again today. New Jersey answered New Jersey with Representative Lehlbach denying the statement of Mr. Fort that the eight- eenth amendment was directed against commercial traffic in liquor and ‘not against drinking per se. Mr. Lehlbach is a member of the wet group in the House and in his address to the House today attacked prohibition and declared it could never be enforced because too many of the people oppose it. Differing radically with his colleague, Mr. Fort, Mr. Lehlbach asserted em-" phatically: “The eighteenth amendment and acts {gr‘run tznlmelflnem v.hem:;w have for eir intent and purpose preven- tion of the use of alcoholic stimulants as beverages.” Hits Home-brew Idea. He characterized Mr. Fort's conten- tion that this is not the immediate aim of prohibition as “strikingly novel.” ‘While Mr. Lehlbach discarded the sug- gestion of Mr. Fort that home brew would solve the prohibition problem, - he made no reply to Mr. Fort’s asser- tion that economic pressure and the demand for a better deal for the women and children had forced prohibition into the national law, and that these factors would prevent any repeal of the eighteenth amendment. Nor did Mr, Lehlbach present any concrete plan for a way out of the grl:nm prohibition situation, although speech indicated that he believed the way out was through the repeal of prohibition. Representative Beck of Pennsylvania ' - gv: notice he would '3& on the ickersham report a from today and that he probably would discuss Mr. | Port’s proposal alse. Attack by Wets and Drys. Mr. Fort's proposal was foredoomed to attack by both the extreme drys and the extreme wets, and the speech of Mr. Lehlbach today was evidence of the fact. Among the drys, Senator Shep- pard of Texas, co-author of eighteenth amendment, and Senal Borah of Idaho scored the Fort sugges- tion. Senator Sheppard said it amount~ ed to clear “nullification.” Mr. Lehlbach told the House that the eighteenth amendment was intend. ed to put an end to all drinking. said: . “The abolition of drinking, I_repeat, is the aim of prohibition. Yet all 8, Bu: effort is not against the drinkin, against the sources of its supply. while the drinker remains such, will always exist. You may break up and scatter one source, but another will spring up over night. Demand gl- ways creates supply. No governmefit, not even under military law, can de- prive its citizens of what they want :nd feel they are rightfully entitled 0. Declares Drinkers Criminal. “There is only one way honestly and sincerely to try to enforce prohibition. and subterfuf and de- clare the user of alchoholic beverages the criminal and turn loose your en- forcement forces against him. “In this way we will have a prompt and certain showdown on prohibition enforcement. “The Nation-wide discussion,” sald Mr. Lehlbach, “over almost two decades turned on the morals of drinking, the economics of drinking, or on the right of the individual to order his own life. On the one hand. the welkin rings with demand for expulsion from the Govern- ment service of any one who is not | personally dry and believes everybody. else should be so; on the other hand. the land reverberates with denuciation of those who vote dry and who are | personally wet. While these enact- | ments deal with the manufacture, sale, transportation and possession of such beverages, the object is to stop their use. J ‘This proposition is so manifest that until yesterday no argument about it has arisen. To deny it is to evade the crux of the controversy, to the whole question. Merely Agents for Real Violators. “Therefore, if the intent and e FRe ot Scooli. pevernass, e persons g of alcol erages, persons to drink them are essentially the anes to disregard and defy the ley tion on this subject. It is as absurd to that th erages at home as it is to suggest that they make their own ““"““{- and raise their own food at home. Those who make, sell and trai liquor are merely agents who enable the real vio- Iators of prohibition to do so. If there ‘were not numbers of peo) - regarding the constitutional amend- ments and the tes in " (Continued on Page Column 5.) fi:lnub\‘ t:munl::lmmd 0 Teport the police. BOY STRUCK BY AUTO IS BEATEN AND WARNED NOT TO TELL POLICE Youth Reports to Precinct After Threats and Pleas During Two-Hour Ride.